Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this section,
unclaimed money means money which has been
received by the keeper of a public pound in respect of the sale of cattle or
the carcasses of cattle and which has not been claimed by the person entitled
to it.
(2) Where the keeper
of a public pound has held unclaimed money for a period of 35 days, he
shall on the last day of the month in which that period of 35 days
expires, pay the unclaimed money, and render a true account of it, to the
chief executive officer of the local government having the care, control, and
management, of the pound.
(3) The local
government shall pay the money into the trust fund.
(4) If at the
expiration of 2 years from the day on which the local government receives
unclaimed money from the poundkeeper, it has not been claimed by the person
entitled to it, the local government may pay the money into its municipal
fund, and when so paid into the municipal fund, the money becomes the property
of the local government.
[Section 457 amended by No. 27 of 1994
s. 9; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]